Your Government Failed You

Name: Your Government Failed You
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Richard A. Clarke
ISBN: 9780061632327

Author: Richard A. Clarke

Narrator: Richard A. Clarke

Abridged: 10 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/27/2008

Categories: Nonfiction, Political Science, Political Ideologies, Intelligence & Espionage, American Government

Synopsis

""Your government failed you . . . and I failed you.""Richard Clarke's dramatic statement to the grieving families during the 9-11 Commission hearings touched a raw nerve across America. Not only had our government failed to prevent the 2001 terrorist attacks, but it has proven itself, time and again, incapable of handling the majority of our most crucial national security issues, from Iraq to Katrina and beyond. This is not just a temporary failure of our current leadership—it is a systemic problem, the result of a pattern of incompetence that must be understood, confronted, and prevented.In Your Government Failed You, Clarke looks at why these unconscionable failures have continued and how America and the world can succeed against the terrorists. Clarke minces no words in his examination of the breadth and depth of the mediocrity, entropy and collapse endemic in America's national security programs. In order for the United States to stop its string of strategic mistakes, we first need to understand why they happen. Clarke gives us a privileged, if horrifying, inside look into the debacle of the government policies, discovering patterns in the failure and offering ways to stop the cycle once and for all.

About Richard A. Clarke

Richard A. Clarke, a veteran of thirty years in national security and over a decade in the White House, is now the CEO of a cyber-security consulting firm. He is the author of seven previous books, including the bestsellers Against All Enemies and Cyber War.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tripp on June 27, 2008

Richard Clarke worked for decades in the United States government's national security world. He reached the upper levels of government serving as an Assistant Secretary State and as the chief counter-terrorism official. He left government in 2003 over his disagreements overIraq policy. Shortly there......more

Goodreads review by Doug on September 29, 2012

Mr. Clark makes many valid points identifying failures by the federal government. In fact, I might say he makes a powerful argument for why the federal government shouldn't be in charge of much of anything. And may they really probably shouldn't be trusted with managing/controlling 25% of the US eco......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on September 04, 2021

Must reading for those wanting insights into what lead up to 9-11, how 9-11 has been used for harm as well as somewhat for good purposes, how complicated the business/industrial/government complexes are in the 21st Century. Clarke's writing is clear, moves quickly with great detail, and is well meas......more

Goodreads review by Downhill on November 09, 2008

As much as Clarke likes to toot his own horn, I can easily overlook that when thinking about some of his ideas and that there aren't very many as qualified experience wise as he is, to actually understand the subjects he writes about. It's complicated and he's been in the drivers seat when it comes......more

Goodreads review by Paul on October 23, 2008

This book takes an uncompromising look at the inability of the government to prevent security and intelligence failures, like those that occurred before 9/11. Prior to the invasion of Iraq, the US Army had no counter-insurgency strategy. Part of the reason was to not resurrect unpleasant memories fro......more